We conclude our 3-part series on Latinos and the outdoors with specific strategies and approaches in engaging Latino communities for conservation. These strategies can be summed up with: conversation before conservation!

What can we learn about how Latinos connect with parks, trails, working lands, and other natural places? What don’t we know? Welcome to the latest installment of our Be Our Guest series with José González of Latino Outdoors. He will share three posts looking at Latinos and the challenges and opportunities for conservation organizations and professionals.

We conclude this series from Christine Sculati on how CA State Parks went from closing to thriving with a look at the agreement between different public agencies to keep parks open. Travel with us to Napa and Marin to learn more.

Join us for the second installment in our 3-post guest series from Christine Sculati as we learn about what’s happening with State Parks to keep some open. Today we learn about park operators… hop on in and join the conversation about today’s State Parks.

Join us for the first post in our 3-post guest series from Christine Sculati as we learn about what’s happening with State Parks and the donor agreements that are keeping some parks open. Today we learn about donor agreements…

Bring up California State Parks in a conversation and you get all kinds of reactions, stories and questions. This week we’re lucky to have Christine Sculati posting a 3-part series about how the Bay Area parks slated to close in 2012 are faring today. We will learn that at one point many were set to close and now they’re positioned to thrive. This is the next story about CA State Parks.

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Bay Area Open Space Council

We promote regional conservation – beyond districts or municipal boundaries – working with non-profits and public agencies of all kinds. We build a strong community of people who care about land so that we can do more together. And we inspire and activate broad audiences, from legislators to the general public, to support the Bay Area’s open spaces.